Ben Affleck has reportedly been telling friends he wants to get back with his soon-to-be ex wife Jennifer Garner.

The couple split three years ago, with Jen finally filing for divorce in April last year.

And while Ben is currently dating SNL producer Lindsay Shookus, 37, sources claim he's been begging Jen for a second shot ever since started divorce proceedings.

"He’s begged her to come back several times, but she has no interest,” the insider told Us Magazine.

Between separating in 2015 and filing in 2017, the couple reportedly tried everything to save their marriage for the sake of their kids Violet, 12, Seraphina, nine, and Samuel, six.

And when Ben entered rehab for alcohol abuse late last year, it apparently looked like a reconciliation could actually happen.

Ben has reportedly been telling friends he wants to get back with Jen (Image: Getty)

The couple was married for 10 years (Image: Getty)

“When Ben was in rehab, Jennifer was there every day, visiting. They did family counseling to work on their relationship. Things looked positive. Jennifer was very caring, very present. They both wanted it to work," the source continued.

However, it never quite got off the ground for a 'number of reasons', according to the report.

“She put her heart and soul into fixing the relationship and wanted so desperately to turn things around for the children’s sake as well as theirs. She forgave him for so much, and still he couldn’t change," the source added.

She filed for divorce in April 2017 (Image: Getty)

For Ben's part, a source close to the actor has denied he wants Jen back, insisting, "When they filed and decided they were moving on, that was it.”

Mirror Online has contacted Ben's rep for comment.

In February 2016, Jen, 45, admitted her ex was the 'love of my life', and said she was struggling to move on.

“It wasn’t for the cameras,“ she told Vanity Fair of their marriage. ”And it was a huge priority for me to stay in it. And that did not work."

They met on the set of 2003 film Daredevil (Image: Rex)

Gushing about how much she loved him, she continued, “He’s the most brilliant person in any room, the most charismatic, the most generous. He’s just a complicated guy. I always say, ‘When his sun shines on you, you feel it.’ But when the sun is shining elsewhere, it’s cold. He can cast quite a shadow."

But despite the collapse of their decade-long marriage, she insisted she wouldn't change history.

“I would go back and remake that decision. I ran down the beach to him, and I would again. You can’t have these three babies and so much of what we had. He’s the love of my life. What am I going to do about that?" she said.